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Doña Ana County

Doña Ana County Clerk's Office

In short

Doña Ana County Clerk's Office issues 3 permits we publish for Doña Ana County, last verified 2026-10-12. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Itinerant Vendor's License (food trucks and other mobile vendors)only if it applies to youDoña Ana County Clerk's Office$35 per year (Code §179-1, "Itinerant vendor's license | $35/year")annual2026-10-12
County Business Registration (annual, per business location)Doña Ana County Clerk's Office$35 per calendar year, for each business location (Code §179-1); a $10.00 delinquent penalty applies when the renewal is paid after March 16 (county page; Code §179-1 sets the late fee at "Not more than $10")calendar year (January 1 to December 31); renewal due by March 16 each year2026-10-12
Temporary Site-Specific Vendor's License (up to 120 days at one site)only if it applies to youDoña Ana County Clerk's Office$5–$25 per site: $5.00 per day, not to exceed $25.00 for the entire 120-day maximum allowable period for each site (Code §179-1; county Vendor's License Application)per site, for a period not exceeding 120 days2026-10-12

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

About each permit

Itinerant Vendor's License (food trucks and other mobile vendors)

Code chapter 232 applies to vendors in the county's service area, which excludes "areas within the jurisdictional limits of any incorporated municipality". It defines an itinerant vendor as a person who sells or takes orders for food, merchandise or services "from nonspecified locations, including, but not limited to ice cream trucks, snack wagons, food carts, traveling salesmen and all other mobile vendors." The County Clerk is the issuing agent, but the application first goes to the Community Development Director, whose approval is necessary before the Clerk may issue the license. Code §179-1 sets the itinerant vendor's license at $35 per year, and the county's Vendor's License Application (revised 03/27/24) states that itinerant vendors "shall pay an annual license fee of thirty five dollars ($35.00)." Code §232-8A states: "All food vendors must comply with New Mexico Environment Department Food Service and Food Processing Regulations. An Environment Department, Food Program, food service permit must be obtained prior to approval of a vendor's license." The application asks food vendors to attach a copy of the NMED food facility permit. Under §232-8K every vendor must at all times prominently display the vendor's license issued by the County Clerk's office. Contact the Doña Ana County Clerk's Office, 845 N. Motel Blvd., Room 1-200, Las Cruces, NM 88007, (575) 647-7421.

County Business Registration (annual, per business location)

Code §154-3 imposes "a business registration fee on all persons doing business within the County, but outside the boundaries of any incorporated municipality", and §154-7 charges the fee "on each of his business locations". Code §154-5 states: "Only those businesses which are exempt from a business registration fee by state law are exempt from payment of this business registration fee." The fee schedule in Code §179-1 (amended through Ord. No. 301-2019, February 26, 2019) sets the business registration at "$35/year/business location" and the late fee at "Not more than $10". The County Clerk's Business Registration page states that the applicant must first obtain a New Mexico Tax ID number from the Taxation and Revenue Department, and that "New Business applicants must submit a business registration application to the Planning and Zoning department for approval along with the registration fee of $35.00." Under §154-6A the County Clerk issues the certificate of registration. The page states: "The $35 renewal fee is due by March 16 th. If paid after March 16 th a delinquent penalty of $10 will be incurred." The 2025 renewal form adds that if March 16 falls on a weekend, walk-in renewal fees are due by the prior business day and mail-in renewals must be postmarked by March 16, and that to change ownership or business location the owner files a Cancellation form and a New Business Registration form with a $35 check; the page states "There is no cancellation fee." Under §154-10 the county may prevent the conduct of a delinquent business or the occupancy of its premises. Contact the Doña Ana County Clerk's Office, 845 N. Motel Blvd., Room 1-200, Las Cruces, NM 88007, (575) 647-7421.

Temporary Site-Specific Vendor's License (up to 120 days at one site)

Code chapter 232 defines a temporary site-specific vendor as a person who sells or takes orders for food, merchandise or services "at a specific location for a period not exceeding 120 days." It applies in the unincorporated county only. The license is issued by the County Clerk after the Community Development Director approves the application. Code §179-1 sets the fee at "$5/day; not to exceed $25", and the county's Vendor's License Application states that temporary, site-specific vendors pay "five dollars ($5.00) per day not to exceed twenty five dollars ($25.00) for the entire one hundred twenty (120) day maximum allowable period for each site." The application requires a site plan drawn to scale showing the property boundary, structures, bordering streets, driveways, parking areas and signage, and landowner permission. Code §232-8 sets the site standards: food vendors must hold a New Mexico Environment Department food service permit before the license is approved; each display stand needs at least 20 square feet, a setback of at least 25 feet from any public road or right-of-way and a trash receptacle at least three feet high; two customer parking spaces are required for each display stand plus one for every 200 square feet of display area; and the license must be prominently displayed at all times. Contact the Doña Ana County Clerk's Office, 845 N. Motel Blvd., Room 1-200, Las Cruces, NM 88007, (575) 647-7421.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Doña Ana County
Phone
575-647-7421

Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.

Sources

Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.

  1. Business License Renewal Application (2025)Doña Ana County Clerk's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-12
  2. Business Registration application (October 2025)Doña Ana County Clerk's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-12
  3. Business Registration pageDoña Ana County Clerk's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-12
  4. Doña Ana County Code §179-1 (fees for Chapters 154 and 232)Doña Ana County, New Mexico (eCode360) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-12
  5. Doña Ana County Code, Chapter 154: Business RegistrationDoña Ana County, New Mexico (eCode360) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-12
  6. Doña Ana County Code, Chapter 232: Itinerant and Temporary VendorsDoña Ana County, New Mexico (eCode360) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-12
  7. Vendor's License Application (revised 03/27/24)Doña Ana County Clerk's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-12

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